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(N l.) AMSDEN gun.

Patented Feb. 7,1882.

WITNESSES e e INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

N- PETERS. Hmlolflholraphlr. Walhinglon. D- C- v UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES M. AMSDEN, OF woosrEa'oHIo.

SLED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,332, dated February7, 1882,

' Application filed October 21, 1881. (No model.)

drawings, in which similar letters of reference represent correspon dingparts in all the figures. In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevationof a sled of my improved construction. Fig.

2 is a transverse section of'the. sled, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section ofthe sled as constructed with wooden posts or braces. Referring to Figs.1 and 2, A A are the runners. B B are the posts or,braces connected tothe runners and fitted with cross-bars a a at their upper ends, on whichthe longitudinal side rails, b, and seat-board c are secured.

The runners Aare of metal rolled inT form, thereby forming a combinediron and runner,

the head portion d being the iron proper, and

the flange 0 serving as a stiffening-rib on the inner side. The outersurface of the irons d are rounded in usual form, or theymaybe flat.

The posts B are formed of metal bars ff, riveted together and to the ribe of the runner, the inner bars,f, at each side being in one piece,arched to form a crossbrace and a support for the cross-bars a.

When it is preferred to use wooden posts they are made, as shown in Fig.3, with slots or mortises in their lower ends to set over the ribs 0 ofthe runners, and are framed into the cross-bars at their upper ends.

The sled constructed: as described is light and strong, and inappearance is much more handsome than the ordinary wooden sled. Theparts can be made almost en tirely by machinery, and but littlehand-work is required to complete the sled.

The T-iron runners may be used on sleighs as well as on hand-sleds. selfin that respect.

I am aware that it is not new to use T-iron runners or wooden postsconnected byan arch and braced by metallic straps; but

What I claim is- In a sled, the combination, with the crossbars a, siderails, b, and seat board 0, of the metallic arches f, the side bars, f,turned horizontally outward at the top, and the T-iron runners A, thesaid arch-bars and side bars being riveted together and to the rib e ofthe runners, as shown and described.

CHARLES MASSENA AMSDEN.

Witnesses T. J. MULLINS, JOHN K. MCBRIDE.

I do not limit my-

